Chapter 16 - GENEVIEVE COMES HOME
Genevieve returned from Copenhagen two days after the gala.
Elodie ran into her arms at the airport.
Genevieve touched the ruined shoe ribbons only after asking.
Then she looked at me.
“You slapped Marcella.”
“Yes.”
“You threatened her.”
“Yes.”
“Counseling?”
“Yes.”
“Good.”
Our divorce had many problems.
Lack of honesty was rarely one.
Then she met Hannah.
Thanked her.
Met Scarlett and Graham briefly.
Thanked Scarlett for warning the instructor.
No child should have had to do that.
Then Genevieve asked Elodie whether she wanted a break from ballet.
“No.”
“Sure?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Blue part.”
Children are wonderfully disloyal to adult symbolism.
Genevieve laughed.
May you like
Ballet survived because Elodie had not turned it into the place Marcella hurt her.
It remained where she danced.
